Winnie Wing-Yee Tse

Education

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2019 — 2021	MA in Psychology, University of Southern California Advisor: Hok Chio (Mark) Lai Thesis: Incorporating Uncertainty in Design Parameters: A Hybrid Classical-Bayesian Power Analysis Approach for Two-Level Cluster Randomized Trials)
2015 — 2018	BA in Psychology, University of British Columbia Advisor: Victoria Savalei Graduate Student Advisor: Cathy Xijuan Zhang)

Awards & Fellowships

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2021 — 2022	Spencer Foundation (USD $49,796), University of Southern California. Role: Graduate Research Assistant
2018	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (CAD $12,900), University of British Columbia. Conducted online due to the corona pandemic

Publications

year	number	citation
2021	J1	Lai, H. C., Liu, Y., & Tse, W. W.-Y. (2021). Adjusting for partial invariance in latent parameter estimation: Comparing forward specification search and approximate invariance methods. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01560-2
2019	J2	Zhang, X., Tse, W. W.-Y., & Savalei, V. (2019). Improved properties of the big five inventory and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale in the expanded format relative to the likert format. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1286-1286. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01286

Conference presentations

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2021	P1	Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Sep 26, 2021). Sample size determination in the presence of uncertainty: A hybrid classical-Bayesian approach for two-level cluster randomized trials [Paper Session]. Annual Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Arlington, VA, United States. Schedule
	P2	Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Aug 12, 2021). A Bayesian approach to power analysis and sample size planning for cluster randomized trials [Poster Session]. Virtual conference at the American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention due to covid-19.
	P3	Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jul 20, 2021). Incorporating uncertainty in design parameters: A hybrid classical-Bayesian power analysis approach for two-level cluster randomized trials [Paper Session]. Virtual conference at the Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) due to covid-19.. Schedule
	P4	Cardenas, S.I., Tse, W.W.-Y., & Saxbe, D.E. (Apr 29, 2021). Prenatal and postpartum testosterone synchrony in first time parents: Links with suboptimal relationship functioning and enhanced parenting outcomes [Paper Session]. Virtual conference at the meeting of Western Psychological Association due to covid-19.
2020	P5	Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jul 14, 2020). Measurement Invariance for Ordered Categorical Variables: The Necessity of Strict Invariance for Valid Group Comparisons [Poster Session]. Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS). Schedule
	P6	Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jun 25, 2020). Measurement Invariance for Ordered Categorical Variables: The Necessity of Strict Invariance for Valid Group Comparisons [Paper Session]. A Meeting of Methodologies (AMOM). Slides
	P7	Tse, W.W.-Y. & Lai, M. H. C. (Jun 2, 2020). Path to valid means comparisons: The necessity of strict measurement invariance for ordered categorical variables [Poster Session]. Conference canceled due to Covid-19.
2017	P8	Tse, W.W.-Y., Zhang, X., & Savalei, V. (Apr 1, 2017). Examining the Order Effects in Psychological Scales in the Expanded Format [Poster Session]. Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Teaching experience

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2021	Guest Lecturer, Multilevel Modeling (PSYC 575), University of Southern California Statistical foundations and tools for sample size planning in multilevel studies. Course Materials.
	Co-instructor, Advancing Quantitative Sciences With Monte Carlo Simulation, British Psychological Society Monte Carlo Simulation on Structural Equation Modeling using the SimDesign Package in R. Course Materials.
2019	Teaching assistant, Statistics (PSYC 271), University of Southern California Statistical methods for psychological research, including t-tests, ANOVA, and regressions, with SPSS and R

Service

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2019	Ad-hoc Reviewer Alcohol and Alcoholism
2020	Ad-hoc Reviewer Asian American Journal of Psychology

Computer skills

Statistics: R, SPSS, Stata, SAS, Mplus, Julia

SEM: R (lavaan), Mplus
Multilevel: R (lme4), Mplus
Bayesian: R (brms, Rstan, Rjags)

Database: SQL
Document preparation: LaTeX, RMarkdown (bookdown, pagedown, blogdown), MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint
Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript